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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
adds
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
almost
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Lovely are the opening eyelids of the morn."
beauty
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From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
breaks
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From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
calm
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From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
charmingly
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
cheek
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
childishness
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
confident
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
cropt
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
day
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From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
dwell
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
extreme
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
eyelids
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From this reading "Lovely are the opening eyelids of the morn."
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
Gamester
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
garments
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
gazer
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
Georgie
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
goes
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
ill
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
indeed
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
like
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
lily
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
looking
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
Lovely
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From this reading "Lovely are the opening eyelids of the morn."
makes
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
morn
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From this reading "Lovely are the opening eyelids of the morn."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
now
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
off
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
opening
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From this reading "Lovely are the opening eyelids of the morn."
pale
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
pallid
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
pallor
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
passing
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
private
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
puritynounUS /ˈpjʊrəti/
the state of being morally clean and innocent
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
rich
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From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
roses
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
smilingly
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From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
some
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
sorrow
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
summer
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
temple
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
there's
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
Tis
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
too
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From this reading She is almost too pallid, but the very pallor adds to the extreme purity and childishness of her beauty, and makes the gazer confident "there's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple."
very
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
washed
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
wedding
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
white
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From this reading Georgie, in her wedding garments, looking like some pale white lily, is indeed "passing fair."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The day breaks calm, smilingly, rich with beauty.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
youth
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From this reading "Tis now the summer of your youth; time has not cropt the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them."--_The Gamester._ The wedding--a very private one--goes off charmingly.
